San Francisco 49ers…Dat Who
Written by playerpress.com, Sunday January 15 2012
There was a lot of bad blood between the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints going in to the NFC divisional round of this year’s playoffs. These two former NFC West rivals both had a lot to prove.
The Saints wanted to prove they could leave the comforts of home and get a victory in the postseason, something they have failed to do as a franchise. The 49ers had to prove that they were as good as their record, they were not frauds, and they did not want to be one and done after a resurgent season.
The pace for the game was set early in this instant classic. After winning the coin toss the 49ers elected to have their league’s best defense come out to represent their team first.
The Saints had little problem moving the ball down the field on their opening drive until on a 2nd & goal the natural grass surface caused Darren Sproles to lose his footing running off right tackle when it looked like he was going to punch it in. Then there was a jarring hit on Saints pro bowl TE Jimmy Graham by 49ers S Donte Whitner that forced the games first turnover, [...]
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